Wrapped frozen comestible



Feb. 26, 1935. J. .1. MOJONNIER WRAPPED FROZEN COMESTIBLE Filed June 4,1934 ITIJIQTL or jj/o oizmer 14 Patented Feb. 26, 1935 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE WRAPPED FROZEN COMESTIBLE Julius J. Mojonnier, Oak Park,Ill., assignor to Mojonnier Bros. 00., a corporation of IllinoisApplication June 4, 1934, Serial No. 728,889

Claims. (01. 107-8) The present invention relates to wrapped panyingdrawing, while the scope of the invention frozen comestibles, preferablyproduced in conical will be particularly pointed out in the appendedform, a cone of the frozen comestible being conclaims. tained in aclosely fitting conically shaped In said drawing, Fig. 1 is a plan viewof a blank 5 wrapper of flexible infrangible sheet material. out ofwhich the open ended wrapper employed 5 The flexible wrapper has an openpointed end in the present invention is made. Fig. 2 is aside which ispinched shut and so held during the elevation of an open ended wrapperproduced filling of the wrapper with the partially frozen from the blankof Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an inverted comestible and subsequently during thehardenplan view of the wrapper of Fig. 2 illustrating ing period. Whenthe comestible is frozen hard especially the small apical open end. Fig.4 is an 10 then the pinching hold upon the end .of the elevationillustrating the lower open end of the wrapper may be released and thehard wrapped wrapper closed by forcing it between two parallel cone offrozen comestible is the result. pinching or closing bars. Fig. 5 is anelevational The invention resides inthe method of handling view of thesame closed wrapper but taken after the open ended cone to fill it andproduce the .it has been filled and its contents frozen hard 15 wrappedfrozen product and also in the appaand after the wrapped frozencomestible has been ratus employed to hold the cones and pinch theirtaken from the pinch bars of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a ends together to closethem. perspective view illustrating the wrapped frozen The principalobject of the invention is to comestible'in conical form with a portionof the produce a wrapped frozen comestible of the class wrapper removedillustrating how the latter can 20 mentioned which may be quicklyunwrapped so be pulled away from the core of frozen comestible. as toremove the covering cone from the cone Fig. 7 illustrates the manner inwhich the reof frozen comestible. By employing a conical moved frozencomestible in conical form may be wrapper having an open end at the apexof the slipped into an edible cone of cake material or cone and thenpinching that end shut during the like for serving to the customer. Fig.8 is a 5 filling and hardening periods, a product results perspectiveview of a tray for holding a number wherein the wrapper is left adheringto the of open ended wrappers and provided with pinchconical core of thefrozen comestible and adhering bars for closing their lower ends, thetray ing in such a way that it can be quickly and being used while thepartially frozen comestible easily removed. is filled into the wrappersand subsequently 30 In prior art cups and wrappers of conical shapehardened therein. And Fig. 9 is a partial eleit is usual to have anextra fold which must be vational view of a portion of the tray of Fig.8 released and turned back before begimiing to illustrating the pinchingbars and the upper unwrap the container from the frozen comestible platemember which engages the upper portion within. According to the presentinvention of thewrapper to hold the same in upright posi- 35 there is nosuch extra flap or fold of the material tion in the tray. Throughoutthese views like which must be turned back. Therefore, at leastcharacters refer to like parts. one less operation is required inremoving the In said drawing, 10 designates the segmental new wrapperfrom its frozen edible core than is blank or flexible sheet materialwhich is turned 40 required in prior art containers of similar conupinto cornucopia form to produce the open 40 struction. Thus, the newwrapper may be reended wrapper 11 of Fig. 2. The blank may be moved bythe customer with a minimum of effort variously shaped and variouslyturned in order to and in a minimum of time. produce the wrapper 11. Inthe present instance Another object of the invention is to provide a theblank is of quadrantal form and along the novel tray or carrier for theopen ended conical edge 12 is provided with adhesive 13, shown by 45wrappers by which the pointed open ends of the the parallel inclinedlines. In forming the coniwrappers will be pinched shut at the time thecal wrapper, the edge 12, bearing the adhesive, is wrappers are placedin the tray. lapped over the edge 14, and the adhesive holds Stillanother object is to provide for suitable the two edges together. Theresult is the conical sanitation in the production and handling of thewrapper 11. 50 new product. The manufacture of wrappers having conicalThese and other objects, features and advanform with a large open mouthat one end and a tages of the invention will be more fully undersmallopening at the other is well known. Such stood upon reference to thefollowing detailed conical wrappers may be used for difierentpurdescription, taken in connection with the accomposes. An example willbe found in the liner 55 illustrated in United States Patent No.1,543,174, granted June 23, 1925, to J. B. Mattson.

The cone 11, resulting from the turning up of the blank 10, has a largeopen mouth 15 at its large end and a small opening 16 at its small end.The sheet material from which the blank is cut may vary considerably inits character. Commonly it is a thin waxed or parafiined paper.

In carrying out the method of the present invention, the wrapping cone11 is closed at its lower end by pressing the walls of the materialadjacent to the opening 16 together in the manner illustrated in Fig. 4wherein the parallel pinch bars 17 provide a throat or mouth into whichthe open end of the wrapper is thrust with surficient force to bring theopposing sides of the wall of the wrapper together to form a closure forthat end of the wrapper.

While the wrapper is thus closed at its small end, the comestible inpartially frozen condition is poured into the open end 15 of the wrapperuntil the wrapper is substantially filled. Then, the filled wrapper isplaced in a hardening room or other place of low temperature suflicientto freeze the comestible to the desired hardness. When this point isreached, then the wrapper 11 will adhere to the frozen comestible, asindicated in Figs. and 6, wherein the comestible 18 is shown in conicalform determined and defined by the shape of the conical wrapper 11.Obviously, when the comestible 18 is sufiiciently hardened, .the

. same, together with its inclosing wrapper 11, may

be withdrawn from the bars 1'? which exert the pinching action upon thelower end of the wrapper 11. This is the condition illustrated in Fig.5.

When thus hardened, the wrapped cone may be shipped to the retailer in asuitably cooled container and there sold to the customer. If desired,the wrapped frozen comestible may be taken by the customer to his homein the form illustrated in Fig. 5 and be served there. On the otherhand, the customer may wish to enjoy the confection at the point ofdelivery, and, in such case, the frozen conical comestible 18 may beremoved from its wrapper and placed in a suitable edible cone 19. Thesetwo elements, which go to make up the product for immediate consumption,are illustrated in Fig. 7, where the frozen commodity cone 18 ispositioned directly above the edible cone 19 into which it is to beinserted for consumption by the purchaser.

Obviously, in removing the flexible covering constituting the conicalwrapper 11, it will not be necessary to turn back any of the material ofthe covering at the small end of the cone but the same may be loosenedat its edges 12 and 14 and the one edge, as the edge 12, pulled awayfrom the other edge and from the cone of comestible 18 and the pullingaction continued until the cone is left free of its wrapper, as shown inFig. 7. In other words, in order to remove the wrapper it is onlynecessary to separate the edges 12 and 14 and draw off the wrappingmaterial from the frozen core which it surrounds.

Since it is usual to fill containers with partially frozen ice cream, orother comestible, from machines designed for that purpose, and to fill anumber of them at a time, it is desirable to arrange the pinching bars17 in the form of a tray, such, for example, as illustrated in Fig. 8.Besides having the bars 17, which serve to close the small ends of thewrappers, the tray is preferably provided with a plate or support 20positioned above the bars 17 and substantially parallel thereto, and togive this plate a series of openings 21 which shall be in alignment withtheir centers directly above the space between the bars 17, there beingone set of openings 21 for each set of bars. In the present instancethere are three sets of bars and three sets of openings illustrated. Theapertured plate 20 thus provides walls or engaging portions whichcontact with the wrappers 11 well up toward their open ends 15. Thesupport thus given near the upper ends of the wrappers serves with thesupport given by the bars 17 to maintain the wrappers 11 in uprightposition for receiving the partially frozen comestible. When thewrappers within the tray are completely filled, then the filled tray'will be taken from the point of filling to the low temperature roomwhere the hardening of the comestible is accomplished.

The tray elements, just mentioned, may be variously supported. In thepresent instance there are four legs 22 secured at their upper ends toside frame members 23 which engage the under side edges of the plate 20.For stiffening purposes, the plate 20 is also provided with end bars 24.The pinch bars 17 are supported in the present instance upon transversebars 25 which are secured at their ends to the legs 22 at the oppositeends of the tray. If desired, additional cross members supported fromthe frame bars 23 may also be employed to still more firmly hold thepinch bars 17. Ordinarily, the various frame members, including the legsand cross bars, may be composed of simple angle irons and the variousparts may be spot welded together. Of course, this is only illustrativeand other ways of securing the parts together may be employed ifdesired.

Obviously the plate 20 might give way to other forms of supports for theupper portions of the conical wrappers 11. It will also be apparent thatother ways of pinching the open ends 16 to close the Wrappers may beemployed. Indeed, attachments for this purpose might be afiixed at thetime the wrappers are placed for filling with the partially frozencomestible. It will be apparent also that other changes might be madeand the wrapper itself might take different forms. All of these matters,however, should come within the scope of the appended claims which aredrawn with a view to covering all alterations and modifications whichrightly come within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Obviously, when the partially frozen comestible is flowed into thewrapping cone 11, it will completely fill all the empty space thereinand assume a form like that of the wrapping cone which serves as a moldfor it, and it is in this mold that the comestible is completelyhardened. In the actual forming of the wrapping cones, the material outof which the blanks are formed is very thin being commonly a parafilnedsheet of very thin paper. Consequently, the molded comestible when itleaves the molding wrapper cone has a smooth exterior surface. Thiscould hardly be the case if the material of the wrapper were as thick asshown in the drawing but in practice such is not the fact. In thedrawing the thickness of the sheet material is necessarily exaggeratedin order to show how the edges 12 and 14 overlap. In other words, thethickness of the sheet material of the cone 11 is exaggerated for thesake of clearness. The resulting frozen cone 18 is shown as it appearsin practice and not seamed or roughened as it would appear were thickmaterial such as the exaggeration shows used.

I claim:

ended wrapping cones of flexible infrangible sheet material comprisingmeans for engaging the upper portions of said wrapping cones andseparated bars beneath said means for engaging the open lower ends ofsaid cones to pinch them shut when forced between said bars.

'2. A tray for holding and pinching shut the open lower ends of wrappingcones of flexible sheet material comprising a supporting member having aplurality of aligned openings into which the wrapping cones may beinserted, said member engaging the cones near their larger ends tosupport them in alignment against lateral movement, and aligned meansbeneath said openings for engaging the small open ends of said cones andpinching them shut so as to receive and hold a frozen commodity therein.

3. A tray for holding and pinching shut the open lower ends of wrappingcones of flexible sheet material comprising a supporting member having aplurality of aligned openings into which the wrapping cones may beinserted, said member engaging the cones near their larger ends tosupport them in alignment against lateral movement, and slightlyseparated parallel bars beneath said openings for engaging the smallopen ends of said cones and pinching said ends shut and maintaining themso for the purpose of receiving and holding a'partially frozencomestible during hardening in an atmosphere of low temperature.

4. A device for closing the open end of an open ended wrapping cone offlexible infrangible sheet material comprising means for engaging andsupporting the upper portion of said wrapping cone, and additional meansbeneath said first mentioned means for closing the open end of saidcone, said additional means comprising fixed elements for engaging thesheet material'of the open ended cone to press the material together toclose the open end.

5. A device for closing the open end of an open ended wrapping cone offlexible infrangible sheet material comprising means for peripherallycontacting the upper portion of said wrapping cone, and additional meansbeneath said first mentioned means for closing the open end of saidcone, said additional means comprising elements for pinching thematerial of the cone to shut its lower open end.

JULIUS J. MOJONNIER.

